Aberdeenshire Biographies

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    Alexander The Corrector: The Tormented Genius Who Unwrote The Bible - Paperback - Julia Keay
    Julia Keay tells the bizarre and fascinating story of Alexander Cruden, who single-handedly compiled that monumental dictionary/index/gazetteer to the Bible, Cruden's Concordance - still going strong 260 years later.
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    At The Edge Of Empire: The Life Of Thomas Blake Glover - Hardback - Michael Gardiner
    Born in Aberdeenshire in 1838, Thomas Blake Glover was a widely travelled merchant and a key figure in the industrialisation of Japan. Using material which has only recently become available, Gardiner's biography of this remarkable man offers a balanced view of his legacy.
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    A Gift From The Gallowgate: An Autobiography - Paperback - Doris Davidson
    In this autobiography, Doris Davidson recounts her growing up in Aberdeen in the 1920s and 1930s, the war years, her marriage and the unexpected paths her career has followed.
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    Magic Mo-Ments - Paperback - Moreen Simpson
    'Magic Moments' is a selection of some of the best of journalist Moreen Simpson's columns from the 'Evening Express' newspaper in Aberdeen. For more than a decade, Moreen's Friday night 'ramblings', as she calls them - peppered with her native Doric dialect - have been delighting readers.
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    My Island: The True Story Of A Silent Challenge - Hardback - Maggie Gordon
    Profoundly deaf, Hamish Rosie was sent from his South Ronaldsay home to a special school in Aberdeen at the age of four. My Island tells his story in frank detail, accompanied by Hamish's own illustrations.
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    No Fancy Life - Paperback - Charlotte Grey
    Charlotte and John Grey took on the Burnside Farm in Aberdeenshire with no farming experience and against the expectations of their friends and the locals. The author focuses on the key events in their attempt to revive the farm.
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    The Road To Drumnafunner: A Journey Through North-East Scotland - Paperback - Robert Smith
    'The Road to Drumnafunner' is a journey through the secret history and legends of North-east Scotland, probing south to the Angus glens, north to Alford, on to Aberdeen, Buchan and Deeside, and over the sea to the Orkney and Shetland Isles.
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    Robbie Shepherd's Doric Columns - Paperback - Robbie Shepherd
    A collection of over 50 of Robbie's 'Press and Journal' columns, this book showcases Robbie's wry observation and humour expressed in the Doric tongue.
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    The Stewarts Of Bourtreebush - Paperback - Gillian Bickley
    A history of an upwardly mobile family in North East Scotland in the 19th century, whose elder son, Frederick Stewart (1836-1889), came to be known as the founder of government education in Hong Kong.
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    Torn Apart: The True Story Of Two Sisters Who Found Each Other After Sixty-Five Years - Paperback - Sybil Le Fleur; Blanche Le Fleur
    When Sybil and Blanche Le Fleur were growing up in Burma in the 1920s and 30s, little did they realise the challenges that they would face during their lives. While Sybil escaped from Burma and settled in Scotland, Blanche lived for over three years under Japanese occupation. They would not meet again for over 60 years. This is their story.
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    The Truth Tells Twice: The Life Of A North-East Farm - Hardback - Charlie Allan
    This is an affectionate and humorous look at the life of the small Aberdeenshire farmer through the 19th and 20th centuries. It is full of folk wisdom and anecdotes from the people who made that farming community the prosperous thing it became from Nature's rather meagre bounty.